Recovery from total computer failure to new computer

Hello,

 

I looked and could not find any specific information about recovering to a different computer.  Found lots of entries about restoring to a new HDD on the same computer.  But nothing specific about recovering to a new computer. 

 

What is the best way to protect from castrophic P/C or laptop failure...?  I believe recovery is the same as when recovering from a failed HDD that prevents windows boot, but just want to make sure I have catastrophic failure protection covered.

 

 For example, laptop failure takes out motherboard and HDD.  Or maybe laptop is stolen.  This would require purchase of a new or use of other Laptop.  So can I still do a full recovery to a new computer given I have a USB drive with Independent or base recovery + recovery points?

 

I am running XP + SP2 and currently using Ghost 10.0.

 

Thanks